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Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901 to Charles Hedges

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00118.03 Author/Creator: Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Letter signed Date: March 23, 1892 Pagination: Order a Copy

Harrison thanks Hedges for editing a copy of his speech and for a book of them which Hedges compiled. Harrison writes that "[t]he care you have taken in the arrangement of these extempore utterances and the good style in which the book is gotten up are very gratifying to me; and I beg to thank you for your interest as well as for the copy of the book sent me." The letter is written on lined executive stationery with header: Executive Mansion Washington. Stationery watermarked as The American Linen Paper. One bust engraving of Harrison included.

Hedges, Charles, fl. 1892
Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901

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